The Bridges

Dewhurst Drive in Riverview, a rapidly developing Hillsborough County suburb southeast of Tampa, leads to The Bridges, a 101-bed community. A capacity just above 100 places The Bridges in the large campus-scale tier, typically meaning multiple buildings or wings, several dining venues, and a staff large enough to operate in shifts around the clock. Riverview's population boom over the past two decades has brought new medical offices and shopping centers along US-301 and Big Bend Road, closer to this community than the older parts of Hillsborough County. Families touring a community this size should ask how residents are grouped by care level and whether staff are consistently assigned to the same group of residents. It's worth visiting during a scheduled activity to see firsthand how the facility manages group programming for a population this large.